This has to be one of my favourite stories today: a student who wanted to avoid being taken home from a party swallowed his room key. To make matters worse, the next morning he didn’t know anything about it and started looking for it.

Does it sound too unbelieveable? Well, he has the X-ray photo to prove it.

Don’t try this at home!

Having discussed the new “low emission” zone yesterday, did you know that there is a whole book about the London congestion charge?

Written by one of the creators of the scheme, it takes a critical look at it’s introduction.

Today is Shrove Tuesday, so traditionally people throughout the United Kingdom make pancakes before the start of Lent – however much they actually will be observing the latter!

This great tradition is also known for one of the wackiest race ideas on the planet – the pancake race, in which you toss (that’s throw up in the air and catch again) a pancake in a frying pan, whilst running along the course.

Sounds simple – and probably used to be, but not any more, as this report shows. There are so many risks and costs involved, that this tradition seems to be falling fowl of modern bureaucracy as well as health and safety rules.

Perhaps someone can tell what exactly these rules and risks are?